Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Psicoperspectivas
ISSN 0718-6924 · Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso · Chile
Psicoperspectivas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psicoperspectivas is published by Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychology and Mental Health, Gender and Feminist Studies and Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies, together about 20.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Psicoperspectivas es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Escuela de Psicología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Su principal finalidad es comunicar investigaciones del área de la Psicología en diálogo con las Ciencias Sociales, que contribuyan a la transformación social a partir de una visión crítica de problemas sociales de relevancia actual y de sus posibilidades de cambio. Publica artículos de investigación, originales e inéditos que corresponden a investigaciones cualitativas, cuantitativas, o mixtas; artículos metodológicos que den cuenta del procedimiento de una investigación empírica; revisiones de literatura, y sistematización de intervenciones.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychology and Mental HealthPsychology8%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Education Pedagogy and PracticesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences4.5%
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | Q2 | 121/286 | 57th |
| General Psychology | Q3 | 138/220 | 37th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERIH PLUSSciELOPublisher website
Other: Redalyc, PSICODOC, Latindex (Catalogue), PEPSIC, Dialnet, Ulrich, EBSCO HOST, PRISMA
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 185OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 671 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 453 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 588 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 748 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 870 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 766 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 721 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- artículos de investigaciónArtículos de InvestigaciónLength not stated
- artículos de investigación - stArtículos de Investigación - STLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Editorial team reserves right to accept/reject articles with disproportionate number of authors. Model summary
El Equipo Editorial se reserva el derecho de aceptar o rechazar aquellos artículos que se sospeche presentan una cantidad de autores que no se corresponde proporcionalmente al trabajo investigativo presentado.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interest must be communicated to the Editor-in-Chief at submission. Model summary
Cualquier conflicto de interés debe ser comunicado a la Editora Jefe de la revista al momento de enviar el manuscrito. No hacerlo oportunamente se entenderá como una falta de ética.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Reuse of previously published data is allowed if properly cited. Model summary
Se permite el reuso de información publicada previamente o depositada en repositorios ("data sets"), siempre y cuando se trate de datos y sea citada adecuadamente.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics guidelines from APA and COPE. Model summary
Psicoperspectivas adhiere a las directrices éticas de la American Psychological Association (APA) y del Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) del cual es miembro.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 license, authors retain rights. Model summary
Los artículos serán publicados bajo licencia Creative Commons 4.0 Internacional. Los autores retienen todos sus derechos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, no costs to publish or read. Model summary
Psicoperspectivas adhiere al modelo de publicación de Acceso Abierto (Open Access, Acesso Aberto), de modo que no hay costos asociados para publicar o leer sus contenidos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Authors asked to register as reviewers and review one manuscript per year for two years after publication. Model summary
A modo de retribución, solicitamos a las personas autoras que al registrarse para enviar un manuscrito, también se inscriban como revisores, y en caso que su artículo sea publicado, acepten evaluar un manuscrito de su experticia en los dos años subsiguientes a la publicación de su artículo (un documento por año), contribuyendo además con la calidad de las publicaciones.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0718-6924
- Print ISSN
- 0717-7798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psicoperspectivas
How long does peer review take at Psicoperspectivas?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Psicoperspectivas?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Psicoperspectivas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psicoperspectivas is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, ERIH PLUS and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psicoperspectivas open access, and what is the APC?
Psicoperspectivas is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .